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West Highland Railway    West Highland Railway
ISBN:9780859766241
Category: Railways, Transport
Author: John McGregor
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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Centred on the West Highland Railway, which opened to Fort William in 1894 and to Mallaig in 1901, this book describes the late nineteenth century ‘railway mania’ in the Highlands – and its immed

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Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line    Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line
ISBN:9781899863891
Category: Railways, Transport
Author: Anon
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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This volume was originally published in 1894 to encourage the Victorian tourist to travel on the West Highland Line. The railway, which at that time had only just been completed, boasts more spectacular and romantic scenery than almost any railway in the world.


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Iron Road    Iron Road
ISBN:9781841583662
Category: Transport, Railways
Author: P. J. G. Ransom
Publication Date: October 2007
Format: HB
Price: £30.00
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Synopsis:
Iron Road is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the Scottish railways told in a single volume. A pleasure for any railway enthusiast, this book also reaches out to new audiences, exploring technical details as well as social and cultural aspects of the industry, drawing together a vast amount of carefully researched material into a single accessible work.

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Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844, The    Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844, The
ISBN:9781904607403
Category: Railways, Transport
Author: C. J. A. Robertson
Publication Date: March 2003
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians; this study fills the gaps for the earliest period of Scottish railway history.


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